IGII34 528 Dedication commemorating competition-direction and other offices of Glaukon of Aithalidai

Dedication commemorating competition-direction and other offices of Glaukon of Aithalidai

IG II³ 4 528 Date: 282/1 or 266/5 BC

Face A (front)

^[1] The People were the sponsor (echorēgei), Nikias was archon (282/1 or 266/5) Competition-director (agōnothetēs): Glaukon son of Eteokles of Aithalidai. Leontis was victorious in the men’s competition. Hippokles the Boiotian was pipe-player. Theodorides the Boiotian directed.^[2]

Face B (right)

In olive crown (I) (5) in the anthippasia at the Olympieia.

In olive crown (II) The People (crowned) him, when he had been commander of the tribal cavalry contingent (phularchēsanta).

In olive crown (III) (10) in the anthippasia at the Great Panathenaia.

Olive crown (IV) . . .

Face C (left)

In olive crown (V) when he had been hoplite (15) general (stratēgēsanta epi tōn hoplōn).^[3]

In ivy crown (VI) The People (crowned) him, when he had been Competition-director (agōnothetēsanta).

In olive crown (VII) when he had been (20) hoplite general (stratēgēsanta epi tōn hoplōn).^[3]

Crown (VIII) . . .

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References:

IG II³ 4 528 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3079 (PHI)

SEG 58.187

SEG 57.177

SEG 68.85

Syll.³ 365

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 178

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (competition-director (agonothetes))

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[1] This stone was the architrave of a monument. It sat atop a small naiskos and was itself surmounted by a bronze tripod, both of which are now lost (reconstruction with images, H. R. Goette, in The Greek Theatre, 2007, 141-3). [2] On the choregic monuments of the 5th and 4th centuries BC, see IG II³ 4, 460, with notes. This monument belongs to the period following the abolition of the choregia in or before 307/6 BC, when the role of choregos was formally taken over by the People, and a “Competition-director” (agonothetes) was appointed to administer the competitive festivals (cf. IG II³ 4, 518, with notes). Here the monument was used not only to commemorate Glaukon’s competition-direction (the ivy crown for Dionysos, VI, alludes to his direction of the City Dionysia), but also various other honours. It is debated whether the archon (l. 1) is the Nikias who was in office in 282/1 or 266/5 BC (discussed recently by S. Humphreys, ZPE 160, 2007, 70-72 [SEG 57.177]; P. Paschidis, Between City and King, 2008, 510-13 [SEG 58.187]; M. J. Osborne, in Matthaiou and Papazarkadas eds., Axon. Studies ... Stroud, 2015, 65-66). From their arrangement and lettering, the crowns on the left side (I, II and III) seem to have been added later than VI, and relate to victories in the cavalry contest known as the anthippasia, which was staged at the Great Panathenaia and the Athenian Olympieia festivals (see IG II³ 4, 252). Crowns V and VII, commemorating two tenures of the hoplite generalship, were also added later, it seems. Glaukon was a prominent figure, brother of the Chremonides after whom the Chremonidean War against Antigonos II is named (cf. IG II³ 1, 949, l. 17; IG II³ 1, 912). When Athens was captured in 263/2 BC he took refuge in Alexandria and became a high official of the Ptolemies (Athenian Onomasticon s.v. Glaukon of Aithalidai). Ll. 3-4 relate to the competition in dithyramb at the City Dionysia. Hippokles is also attested as pipe-player in 257/6 or 253/2 BC (Stephanis, Dionysiakoi Technitai 1282). Theodorides, the poet, is not otherwise known. [3] For the hoplite generalship, see IG II³ 4, 276. For Glaukon’s tenure of this generalship in 266/5 see SEG 25.186.

Added: 2 Apr 2019
Updated: 1 Feb 2024
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